Ruth McDowell Class 2nd week 04-15-12

 

 
Mary Ellen Sakai came to the class with her drawing already prepared with the help of her  friend Sue Rasmussen who has taken Ruth's classes in the past.   The "B" indicates background on her original pattern.

 
Ruth had no additions or corrections.

 
Mary Ellen worked steadily and kept her concentration on her work.

 
And by the final day she had completed the sewing on her design.  One of the few times I have seen anyone do this in a Ruth class.  The teeth came from a fabric with stripes of dinosaur tails by Timeless Treasures Fabrics.

 
Deanna Ripley-Lotee lives in Ridgecrest where the snow geese winter - she brought a photo of juveniles.

 
Ruth drew the flowing lines for curved seam piecing. 

 
Deanne decided she would do the background first and later search for specific fabric to do the feathers.

 
This is how far she had gotten on the last day of class.


Kathleen Awalt had a photo of a window with a row of prayer flags across the bottom of the panes.  

 
She pieced the shutter slats a bit askew as they are in the photo.

 
When the shutters were pieced she started on the window itself.

 
This is where she was on the last day of class.  She is considering finishing the quilt and adding the string of prayer flags that would hang loose.